Syria: Abducted Syrian activist at risk of torture: Georges Moubayed

Pro-reform activist Georges Moubayed was abducted on 10 January 2012 and remains held at an unknown location by a group believed to be linked to the Syrian authorities. On 12 January, his family received a phone-call in which he said he had been shot in the leg and the abductors demanded a ransom for his release. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.